Review: Laura Mercier Baked Eye Trio in Golden Metallics

Other Locations: Available in all Laura Mercier
counters in Rustan’s Malls

THE VERDICT:

Laura Mercier’s Baked Eye Trio is a lovely
eyeshadow palette comprised of warm earth- toned shades spiked with festive
glimmer. These eyeshadows can be worn either wet or dry: Use dry for a sheer
finish that’s great for daytime, and wet the colors for an intense, long-
wearing color payoff.

It’s quite small and handy too. The mirror on
it, however, is too small for me to see my eyes properly-it’s good for
emergency touch- ups though.

Here’s a tighter shot of the products.

Gold Leaf- light gold with gold glimmer

Black Karat- deep brown with a touch of green and gold
glimmer

Emerald- a beautiful deep green shade with gold
glimmer. Among the three, this is my favorite because it is quite a unique
color and it flatters my skin tone so well.

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I’ve also found out that this palette yields two
different kinds of finishes, depending on the usage. Below are more detailed
explanations of what I’m talking about:

If used dry, they act like glitter eyeshadows:
Finish is medium, and the glimmers are more prominent.

If used wet, they act like metallic eyeshadows:
Finish is heavy, and the glitters melt right into the powders, thereby
producing this steel- like sheen.

I prefer using them wet because I find that they become more
pigmented, the colors come out better and there’s no powder fallout, although
the intensity could be a bit too much for daytime wear. For nighttime, it’s
fine. It’s not at all bad if used dry as they’re fairly pigmented to begin
with.

Here’s a sample look using this palette. I’ve
used the eye shadows in their dry state:

Staying power is great, most especially if used with a good
eye primer. If used without it, it fades for a little at day’s end.

Overall, this palette is good and it’s best for morenas and
girls with dark skin tone. It’s quite versatile too as it can be used for
daytime and nighttime. I recommend it to those who want to own a nice, limited
edition palette for Christmas, and those who are lemming for an eyeshadow box
that’s packed with essential and natural- looking colors. It also comes in
another set called Smoky Metallics, and it’s comprised of darker and pretty basic colors like black,
gray, and silver. Between the two, I recommend this one more because the color selection is better.

I would also like to welcome everyone to the version 2.0 of my product reviews. Henceforth, I shall provide a rating sheet of the reviewed product at the end of every post. :)